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Writing history, writing trauma
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- Book Synopsis
- An updated edition of a major work in trauma studies.Trauma and its aftermath pose acute problems for historical representation and understanding. In Writing History, Writing Trauma, Dominick LaCapra critically analyzes attempts by theorists and literary critics to come to terms with trauma and with the crucial role post-traumatic testimonies-notably Holocaust testimonies-assume in thought and in writing. These attempts are addressed in a series of six interlocking essays that adapt psychoanalytic concepts to historical analysis, while employing sociocultural and political critique to elucidate trauma and its aftereffects in culture and in people. This updated edition includes a substantive new preface that reconsiders some of the issues raised in the book.
- About The Author
- Dominick LaCapra is the Bryce and Edith M. Bowmar Professor in Humanistic Studies emeritus at Cornell University. His books include History and Its Limits: Human, Animal, Violence and History, Literature, Critical Theory.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781421414003
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press, (05 September 2014)
- Number of Pages
- 264
- Weight
- 318 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 216 x 140 x 16 mm
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